diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d769d42..3a58823 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ module.exports = function (metadata) {
         // if buffer fails to decode or there is no info key, then metadata is corrupt
         info = bncode.encode(bncode.decode(metadata).info)
       } catch (err) {
-        // TODO: throw or disregard invalid metadata?
-        //throw new Error('ut_metadata constructed with invalid metadata')
+        throw new Error('`ut_metadata` constructed with corrupt/invalid metadata')
       }
 
       if (info)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7ada3a6..b136975 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ut_metadata",
   "description": "Extension for Peers to Send Metadata Files (BEP 9)",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "2.0.1",
   "author": {
     "name": "Feross Aboukhadijeh",
     "email": "feross@feross.org",
diff --git a/test/fetch.js b/test/fetch.js
index 2070239..019ca3d 100644
--- a/test/fetch.js
+++ b/test/fetch.js
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ test('fetch() large torrent', function (t) {
     } else if (ext === 'ut_metadata') {
       // note: this should get called twice, once for each block of the ubuntu metadata
       t.pass('got extended ut_metadata message')
-      
+
       // this is emitted for consistency's sake, but it's ignored
       // by the user since the ut_metadata package handles the
       // complexities internally
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ test('discard invalid metadata', function (t) {
   wire1.pipe(wire2).pipe(wire1)
 
   var invalidMetadata = metadata.slice(0)
-  invalidMetadata[0] = 99 // mess up the first byte of the metadata
+  invalidMetadata[55] = 65 // mess up a byte in the info block
 
   wire1.use(ut_metadata(invalidMetadata))
   wire2.use(ut_metadata())
@@ -163,4 +163,3 @@ test('discard invalid metadata', function (t) {
 
   wire1.handshake(parsedTorrent.infoHash, id1)
 })
-